Introduction: Can we talk?
Prologue: From crisis to conversation
Principles. Rethinking truth: Truth above and truths below ; Rethinking difference: Your truth and mine ; Rethinking argument: The truth between us
Practices. Identity: Start out by looking in. Developing a robust industy ; Owning up to our influences ; Separating the argument from the arguer
Collaboration: Finding the value in our differences. Adversarial collaboration ; Nurturing dissent ; Alternative thinking
Communication: Words are all I have. The seeing ear ; Better than an answer ; The power of storytelling ; Connecting ideas to reality ; Black fire on white fire
words and silence ; A place for jesters in heaven
Community: No argument is an island. Creating the right environment ; Sharpening the skills
in others and ourselves ; Living with difference
Conclusion: Beyond dispute.
